I love elumichai Sadam, must take ur inspiration and move to millets more and more ! With the variety of age groups I have at home, its a rather tough call. But I will make it happen for myself 🙂
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Thinai Elumichai Saadam / Lemon foxtailmillet
Cuisine:
Ingredients
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1/2 cup Foxtail millet
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2 Water
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2 tsp OIL
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1 tsp Mustard seeds
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1 tsp Bengal gram dal
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2 Red chillis
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1 tbsp Peanuts
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1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
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1/4 tsp Asafoetida
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1/2 Lemon
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to taste Salt
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few Curry leaves
Directions
Today is day 5 of cooking with millets for this mega marathon. I have been cooking in the alphabetical order too. E is the alphabet for today and I have cooked Elumichai saadam for the same. As this is a millet marathon for the pulav fest, I have replaced rice in lemon rice with foxtail millet. The only difference is the substitution of rice with millet. Everything else remains the same. The method of preparing the thinai elumichai saadam is also same as lemon rice.
Thinai Elumichai Saadam
As I continue my experiments with millets. I feel most of the south Indian rice recipes can easily be substituted with millets. When I first started substituting rice with millets, KK was not very happy. But now he knows that the taste and the texture of the rice dishes are even better with millets. So in this thinai elumichai saadam, I washed the foxtail millet 3-4 times. Soaked it in water for 20 minutes. Then I cooked it in a pressure cooker in the ratio os 1: 2. When the pressure released naturally, I fluffed it up with a fork and transferred it to any vessel. Later I make the tempering ready and mix the cooked foxtail millet to prepare this awesome lemon rice.
The millet one pot pulav recipes posted in this marathon are
- Avarekaalu Quinoa Pulav
- Quick kodo millet brinji in wonderchef Nutripot
- Maavinkai Samai Chitranna
- Quinoa Dodkyacha Bhaat
Steps
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1
Done
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Wash and rinse the foxtail millet. Soak it in water for 20 minutes. |
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2
Done
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Drain the water and cook the millet in pressure cooker upto 3 whistles. Let the pressure settle naturally, fluff it up and transfer it to a different vessel |
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3
Done
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Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and let it splutter. Now add the red chillies , bengal gram dal, asafoetida , turmeric powder and curry leaves and saute for few minutes. |
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4
Done
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Add the cooked millet, salt and lemon juice. Mix well and serve. |
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Lovely variation in the lemon juice .. I love adding a nice batch of peanuts in the lemon rice always!!
I too have been experimenting with millets to replace rice and have been appreciating those versions too. This millet lemon rice sounds delicious with the crunch of that tempering. As Sharmila mentioned, I throw in a handful of peanuts too.
This is an excellent substitute Veena, the dish looks so nicely done!
Lemon ice is one of my favourites.. loved the substitiute here.. healthy and delcious!!
I love elumichai Sadam, must take ur inspiration and move to millets more and more ! With the variety of age groups I have at home, its a rather tough call. But I will make it happen for myself 🙂
Lovely variation in the lemon juice .. I love adding a nice batch of peanuts in the lemon rice always!!
I too have been experimenting with millets to replace rice and have been appreciating those versions too. This millet lemon rice sounds delicious with the crunch of that tempering. As Sharmila mentioned, I throw in a handful of peanuts too.
This is an excellent substitute Veena, the dish looks so nicely done!
Lemon ice is one of my favourites.. loved the substitiute here.. healthy and delcious!!